A scientific collaborative established to fulfill the promise of stem cell biology.
2005 Seed Grants
| Project Lead | Affiliation | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
The pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell-of-origin | |
| Kevin C. Eggan, PhD |
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology |
Derivation of Parkinson's disease specific human embryonic stem cell lines | |
| Jeannie Lee, MD, PhD |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
Analysis of X-chromosome inactivation in human embryonic stem cells | |
| M. William Lensch, PhD |
Children's Hospital |
The analysis of complex genetic syndromes using disease-specific human embryonic stem cell lines | |
| Craig Michelli, PhD |
Harvard Medical School |
Progenitor cells in the adult Drosophila gut: understanding tissue renewal in endoderm lineages | |
| Dong Feng Chen, MD, PhD |
Schepens Eye Research Institute |
Repairing retinal disease and damage by neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation | |
| Alan James Davidson, PhD |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
Functional genomics approach to identify genes expressed in the kidney | |
| Niels Geijsen, PhD |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
In vitro germ cell development and epigenetic reprogramming using human and murine ES cells | |
| Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD |
Joslin Diabetes Center |
Identification of beta cell growth factor | |
| Hanna Mikkola, MD, PhD |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Placenta as a niche for hematopoietic stem cell development | |
| Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute, MD, PhD |
McLean Hospital |
Characterization, transplantation and functional analysis of dopamine neuronal progenitors derived from primate and human embryonic stem cells | |
| Amy Wagers, PhD |
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology |
Biology and function of adult skeletal muscle precursor cells |